综合教程3(上外版)unit8答案.doc

第8单元部分练习答案 Text Comprehension Decide which of the following best states the author’s argument. C T/F F T T F F IV. Paraphrase. It would be unwise to pursue a goal that is bound to fail, although it might be noble to do so. I think the essence of wisdom is to get one’s horizon free from the confinement of time and space. Vocabulary I. Paraphrase. 1. take account of = consider (when judging a situation)/take into consideration attach to each its due weight = give proper value to each/attach adequate importance to each 2. no doubt = certainly/very probably Conferred great benefits upon mankind = brought a good and helpful effect to mankind as it was = in reality/in actual situations descend to less heroic matters = talk (disapprovingly) about sth. less worthy or less important bound up with = connected with/dependent on in proportion = accordingly II. Blank filling. pursue ceased attainable enmity populous surpassed impartial appallingly III. Derivation. beneficiaries undesirable horizontally descendants increasingly philosophical unduly standardization IV. Phrasal verb. required of sought to descended to put first contributed to engage in conferred ... upon bound up with V. Synonym/antonym. following/subsequent enhance/advance impressive unawareness/ignorance/unconsciousness instill confinement/restraint/restriction virtue fairness VI. Explain the phrasal verbs. contracted keep quiet investigate treat go lost consciousness tolerate get rid of Grammar Exercises I. Identify the meanings of it. This is an emphatic it, introducing a cleft sentence. Here it is a pronoun, referring to wisdom. The first is an anticipatory it, serving as the formal subject. The second and third are the pronoun referring to an end. This is an anticipatory it, functioning as the formal subject. This is an emphatic it, stressing this approach towards impartiality. II. Insertion. there was ... there was There are ... It is ... There is it was/would be It is ... There will be It is ...